Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome

The NIH said it will award up to $20 million over 4 years to fund research projects that seek to identify factors that place children at high risk for developing a serious inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19.

As of Thursday, New York said it was investigating 110 cases and three deaths among children experiencing a syndrome that has features similar to atypical Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has said that 60% of children with the syndrome tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the other 40% had antibodies specific to the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.